Wole Talabi
Awards Summary
Awards Won: 2
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 26
— Major Awards —
Hugo Awards — for SF/F works, voted by members of annual World Science Fiction Convention
(1 nomination)
2023:
“A Dream of Electric Mothers” (Africa Risen)
— novelette — nomination
Nebula Awards — for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(3 nominations)
2024:
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (DAW; Gollancz)
— novel — nomination
2024:
“Saturday's Song” (Lightspeed May 2023)
— novelette — nomination
2023:
“A Dream of Electric Mothers” (Africa Risen)
— novelette — nomination
World Fantasy Awards — for Fantasy works; juried, with nominations from World Fantasy Con members
(1 nomination)
2024:
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (DAW; Gollancz)
— novel — nomination
British Fantasy Awards — for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(2 nominations)
2024:
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (DAW)
— fantasy novel (Robert Holdstock Award) — nomination
2024:
Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology (Android)
— anthology — nomination
British SF Association Awards — for SF works published in the UK, voted by British SF Association members
(6 nominations)
2025:
Unquiet on the Eastern Front (Subterranean Oct 2024)
— short fiction — nomination
2025:
Convergence Problems (DAW)
— collection or anthology — nomination
2024:
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (Gollancz)
— novel — nomination
2024:
Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology (Android)
— collection or anthology — nomination
2024:
“Prisoners in the Temple of the Muses” (Ancillary Review of Books 17 Aug 2023)
— nonfiction (short) — nomination
2023:
“Preliminary Observations from an Incomplete History of African SFF” (SFWA.org 1 Jun 2022)
— nonfiction — nomination
Ignyte Awards — for SF/F/H that celebrates vibrancy and diversity; committee and popular vote
(3 nominations)
2025:
community award — nomination
2024:
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (DAW)
— adult novel — nomination
2023:
“Preliminary Observations from an Incomplete History of African SF” (SFWA)
— creative nonfiction — nomination
— Locus Awards and Poll —
Locus Awards — for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(7 nominations)
2025:
“Encore” (Deep Dream: Science Fiction Exploring the Future of Art)
— novelette — 9th place
2025:
Convergence Problems (DAW)
— collection — 3rd place
2024:
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (DAW; Gollancz)
— first novel — 3rd place
2024:
Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology (Android)
— anthology — 10th place
2023:
“A Dream of Electric Mothers” (Africa Risen)
— novelette — 3rd place
2022:
“An Arc of Electric Skin” (Asimov's Sep/Oct 2021)
— short story — 10th place
2021:
Africanfuturism (Brittle Paper)
— anthology — 2nd place
— Other Awards —
Analog Readers Poll — for stories, articles, and art published by Analog, polled by readers
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2024:
“Blowout” (Analog Jul/Aug 2023)
— short story — winner
Sidewise Awards — for works of alternate history, juried
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2023:
“Dreams of Electric Mothers” (Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction)
— short form — winner (tie)
William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award — for first fantasy book, juried
(1 nomination)
2024:
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (DAW; Gollancz)
— shortlist
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